or debenture, issued by authority of a court of chancery, as a first liea upon the property of a debtor coree in the hands of a receiver. Beach, E —Receivers of wreck. Persons appointed by the English board of trade. The uties of a receiver of wreck are to take steps for the preservation of any vessel stranded or in distress within his district; to receive and take possession of all articles washed on shore from the vessel; to use force for the suppression of plunder and disorder; to institute an examination on oath with respect to the vessel; and, if necessary, to sell the vessel, cargo, or wreck. Sweet.